It's that time of year again....an anniversary that I am thankful for....today it has been 4 years since #thedertings made the decision to live a debt free (as possible) lifestyle! You have heard our story (a few times) by now.....I had a secret that cost over $30k and Brooks found it on this day 4 years ago!! If you haven't heard it.....click below 3 years debt free..... I know this can be a personal and very touchy subject for most, but I like to share our experience with others that may be in the same situation or maybe trying to overcome and just need a little encouragement that YOU CAN DO IT........ I can't stress enough how important it is to budget.....we budget every penny.....we have tweaked and adjusted a few things since last year. 1) we save more each month than ever before 2) we pay extra to the mortgage 3) we joined Sams and purchase some things in bulk (juice boxes, yahoos, TP, paper towels) 4) we, kind of (oops), purchased PSLs to ...
Welcome to the Derting's real life stories!! Throughout this site you can find information from and about our family. We have many family members across the US and this will hopefully, be a way to stay in closer connection to them as well as in touch with our closer to home family and friends!! ENJOY :)